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more expensive

ADJECTIVE

high-priced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

costly extravagant fancy high lavish overpriced pricey upscale valuable

WEAK

an arm and a leg at a premium big-ticket dear excessive exorbitant highway robbery holdup immoderate inordinate invaluable out of sight plush posh pretty penny rich ritzy sky-high steep stiff swank too high uneconomical unreasonable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

economical reasonable unimportant worthless

WEAK

cheap inexpensive low-priced moderate

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more expensive

As a publically-listed company, Shein will need to "prove its margins still work in a world of tighter regulation, tariffs and more expensive customer acquisition," she added.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Still, Kornbluth said, helium has gotten more expensive for everyone, and major producers are starting to warn customers about how much of it they can supply.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

"Consumer goods and food are more expensive... the dollar is rising and prices are going up," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Its goal was to make declaring bankruptcy harder and more expensive.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

With customers able to instantaneously find the cheapest policy, the more expensive companies had no choice but to lower their prices.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt